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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 57, 11 October 1864, Page 2

Owing to an unusual pressure on our space, we are compelled to hold over till a future issue several items of local interest, and also to bo very brief, for the present, in our extracts of the intelligence to hand per s.B. Phoebe, from the Northern Provinces. The first of the lectures to be delivered under the auspices of the Invercargill Mechanics' Institute since its re-inauguration will take place this evening in the hall of the institution, at half-past seven o'clock. The lecturer for the occasion is Dr. Berndt, who has chosen -as a subject, " Phrenology, its History and Analysis — demonstrated on skulls." We observe that active operations have been commenced on the building adjoining the Bank of New Zealand, Tay-street, prior to its being occupied as the Invercargill Savings' Bank, and within a short time from this date it is expected that it will be open for the transaction of business. The adjourned meeting of the Education Committee, convened for yesterday forenoon, was further postponed till to-morrow (Wednesday) at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The usual fortnightly escort reached Dunedin on Tuesday with the following quantities of gold -. —Queenstown, 1788 oz. ; Arrow Eiver, 651 oz. ; Dunstan, 3292 oz. ; Manulierikia, 3455 10 dwts.. ; Mount Benger, 754 oz; 15 dwts. ; Hamilton's,---2308 oz. 10 dwts. ; Tuapeka, 3576 oz. ; Waitahuna, 405 oz. ; Woolshed, 99 oz. Total, 16,340 oz. 5 dwts. It will be observed that Tuapeka is looking up, there being a great increase in the quantity of gold forwarded from that old established digging. Queenstown exhibits, for this retin'n, a noticeable decline. The Arrow correspondent of the Wakatip Mail regrets to " record a distressing accident wliich occurred here on Thursday morning to the infant child of Mr. Pugh, bailiff of this district.. Its mother had left it, for a few minutes only, seated in a bucket neai- the fire, but in her absence, the little creature unfortunately tilted over its somewhat novel resting-place, and fell, with its head among the burning embers on the hearthstone. Its piercing cries quickly brought assistance, but not until the poor infant's face and head were severely burnt, and one eye so much injured, that the retaining of its sight seems at present almost hopeless." The same authority says further : — "ln social matters there is not much to relate. The public health is extremely good ; our solitary disciple of Esculapius has cleared out in disgust; and with very little law, less physic, and no divinity^ the Arrowites perhaps consider themselves a Happy community." A meeting of the Local Committee in connection with the New Zealand Exhibition, took place yesterday afternoon, iif the office of Bus Honor c Superintendent. There were present :— Dr. Menzies, (chair), Messrs. M'Culloch, Baker, Bright, Dundas, senior and junior, &c. The minutes of last meeting 'having been read and: approved of, Mr. M'Culloch, on behalf of the sub-committee, appointed at the previous meeting, submitted their report on the financial state of the local committee, from which it appeared tha% afte : r taking into account the sums already promised and paid, as also that to be received from the' Provincial Govern- j ment, there will be a sum of £155 to be collected for the defrayment of the expenses contingent on the pi'opcr representation of the Province, in the Exhibition at Dunedin. For the purpose of liquidating tliis sum of £155; iti was agreed upon that guarantee lists should be issued to persons . who should undertake to collecfrcontribufcions.'in aid of the purposes of the Exhibition, of nofless" an amount than £5, or to guarantee such. sum. It was also ■arranged that as.tkere was to be % local [Exhibition of the Southland exhibit^ held in In» vercargiu, previous to ' their transmission to Dunedin, tho 10th of; November was fixed as the latest day on which articles could be sent m. The articles 'of wool and maps were. ;excepted. ; The hall of fthejMecliaTiics I . lnstitute ,was .suggested as a suitable plaocv in : which. to holdthe-iflveya cargill Exhibition, -The. future, meetings of. 7 the committee will hereafter take place weekly,, on, 'Mondays, at four o'clock; p.m. ........ - -.~ ... i In reference to a. criminal^ action -for libel now ponding in tho Dunedin police cburfc'the Mail has taVfollowing-A'"tfhePfcflitie Court vtto crowded in •Twy par* on- SBtvirfsyAUwtrtoibeWr t^«iminri

Edwards^ :agamsf£Jlr. $p^- M'Con|b||the Jg|| | celebra^fautfppXof ani^iacLs piibbaKesd «BW>|F/ SaturdayM^Revie^ and Isltftle&v " The Scapomaff Scandasgp Mr||lG-. < -S^knt^hjj^^^e pubKt^ra'ia^eltion'l^t^naed, a^]|K^J€§snroßt . unhandsome iaaiinex\" split upon luVpaX" Th» case was only partially heard, and "was then adiourned till Thursday. The evidence of.Grant» however^ clearly brings the authorship oi'tne libel -home? to\ Mr. M'Goinbe.o l .Tbe only ;_4 ; o^Bjtioii7"tTiereforie,tsnll be as toltfow -far>tlie-id«n« "tity of the complainant withjthe : libeljs established, *f elale^fie^lerrDination of ~ uie'case, from wMchi*;W.e£ai>bserTeA I&^fc(£jiie£ accused, M'Combe, was .committed for trial. — He was -admitted. ,to bail, himself; in -£3OO> andi-trco-furetieß m^so ! eacTir ' ; : '-' ;i - i! \ -^^-— •• ' - The follo^ingi tenders Tiavebeen accepted by His Honor the Superintendent : — Messrs. Cochran, Granger and Blackwood,' fov groceries fpr,^ the •gaoV; Messrs. KiWale? and Bruriton-and-Go.^ for sweeping chimneys ;- Mr.; R. sGnyon, for. lease of bonded warehouse, Campbelltown. His Honor Mr: Justice Chapman reached town yesterday forenoon, having been a passenger per the s.s. Phoebe, which, -arrived from-Dunedin at Bluff Harbor at an early hour that^morhirig-i The Otago Mail, of the 6th says -ttie>ol.unteerß liavelnbw received their new annjs^n3.2accoutrements, and donned them yesterday evening for the first '■ time:' -'■ The r rifles ate l Lancasters, with , several bayonets, and are effective weapons. A large accessipn ; to the .ranks r of, .the volunteers has.been made during the past month, subsequent tb.. the 'proclamation' of the' ln^tia notice.. . iOrer four hundred have joined, preferring, we presume, to be volunteers rather thaii pressed men. There is every opportunity for organising a most effective .body, and it is to,be hoped that everything possible to do so will be attempted. The Queensland Parliament was prorogued -on the 13tli .ult.' . Governor Bowen, in the, course .of ; his speechson rthe occasion; thus alluded to -the cheering progress made and ,'maiking by the colony •. — " Since 'the establishmentr of-Queensland in 1855, our population has been almost trebled ; while our revenue, our trade (including imports and exports), and the" other chief elements of material prosperity,' have advanced" in_ nearly equal proportion. : During the same/shortf period, a promising commencement has be en made., towards^ the development of- our -mineral resourcet in gold and copper ; cotton and sugar have become stable products ; a ' line of new ports hat been opened along pur eastern seaboard from Keppel Bay to Cape York — a distance of a thousand miles; and pastoral occupation has -spread over an additional area at leastjthree .times larger than that of. the United Kingdom. . The official statistics, which prove these facts, cannot fail to be instructive to our fellow countrymen at home, while they must be to us a subject x>f honest prid* and devout thankfulness. " The Dunstan Times .: says considerable excitement prevails on that goldfield, in. consequence, of the discovery of some good ground at Blackston Hill. It is reported that in the first hole that was bottomed, seven ounces of gold were taken from a bucket or two of washdirt. A considerable rush has set in to tho spot mentioned, and everything wears a very lively appearance. "It is estimated that there are now upon the. ground between five and six hundred people, The sinking varies from three to four, to twenty or thirty feet. ' The Otago Daily Times, of the Bth inst. says : — "It is important for intending exhibitors at the forthcoming New Zealand Exhibition, to know that demands for space cannotbe receivedafter 6 o'clock p.m., on Saturday the 29th instant. The accounts from the Marlborough G-old fields are satisfactory. The last escort brought down 1400ozs. A good rush had occurred at a place near the Forks, the/ground proved very rich, and a nugget 4oz. weight, was found on the surface. The Wakatip correspondent of the Otago Daily Mail reports that 648 ounces of gold have just been - brought into Queehstbwn, from O'Brien's claim, Butcher's point, Shotover. . The following description ot the interior of the new Jewish Synagogue recently consecrated in Dunedin is from the columns of the Daily Times. " The interior fittings .of the building are exceedingly chaste. The Ark of the Covenant has a very impctlng effect as you enter the; Synagogue ; it is composed of four Corinthian columns in whit© and gold. Between each are pannela with gold mouldings ; the whole with a most elaborate carved arch, tinted with 'gold. In .tho centre are placed tablets on whichare inscribed the Ten Commanlmenta. The covering in front of the ark is composed of crimson silk velvet, 7 with a very splendid border, elegantly embroidered with gold in the centre, bearing the " Shield of David." On each side are Hebrew character! signifying the ". depo3itory , of the .Holy Law." The approach to the ark is by circular steps, imitating white and black marble, the centre covered with a costly carpet. The reading desk or pulpit is placed in the centre, arid is one of the most elaborate, pieces of .workmanship that we have seen in the Province. Like the Ark, it is painted in pure white, with gold mouldings, and surrounded by sixteen pillars painted in sienna marble. The ladies' gallery is particularly chaste, and supported by eight massive pillars, corresponding with the pulpit ; beneath the dwarf balustrades, which are placed at the top, are mouldings very elaborately carved and tinted with, gold.' The building is lighted by gas, consisting . of two sunlights of fifty, jeta each.; in fact, thi arrangements reflect the highest credit on both architects and builders, the former, Messrs. Mason, and Clayton the latter, Messrs Sumner and G-unn. At the consecration the Reader jPresident and Committje. were in "waiting on the outside-Vthe ' signal having been given by the Reader, who chaunted, "Open unto us the gates of righteousness ; we will^ enter them and praise the Lord ;" the choir chistmting, "How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy tabernacles, O Israel." The procession then advanced towardi the Ark, the Reader saying, " Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; give. thanks, unto him. and blesa his-name;-' I L the -choir. responding, " Blessed is he who cometh^ in the name of th« Lord ; we bless ye from the "House of the Lord. " Seven circuits were then made round the Synagogue the Reader and congregation chaunting the 91st, 30th, 24th, 84th, 122 nd, ,132 nd, and 100 th psalms. The rßolls of 'the Law were then returned to the : Ark, arid a prayer chaunted for the Queen and Royal . Family. Mr. John Lazar then delivered an excellent discourse, takmg for his text the 21tfc verse, XXII. Chapter of Joshua. " The G-od of G-ods, the Eteftial, the G-od of Gods the Eternal, he knoweth and Israel shall know-that if in rebellion,or if in transgression, against jthe Lordj'may we be saved • this day. ," --"7 The discourse was impressively , delivered, •. and the s most profound silence was observed during tHe whole of the ceremony ; and we cannot award too much praise for the very efficient? manner in. which, the- choir i executed .the^^ severial'aiithemß ; l the 'hallelujah was < particularly goodi and : very much adnurect _AY the conclusion of the service, the sum of £118 was collected towards the~gerieral furid~df tke congregation. -■■--■ ■■ "' ° - J'j -' - U! * J ;' ;ji